In article .com>,
"-L." > wrote:

> Do you have bad food memories from childhood (or otherwise) that stick
> out in your mind?

Two incidents.
When I was four or five, I was forced to eat asparagus. I obliged and
threw up on the table. In the fifties, asparagus was simmered for an
hour or two. But that isn't an excuse. I love the stuff now.
When I was six or seven, we had Thanksgiving at the same cooks house. I
had a big turkey drumstick and loved it. Unfortunately, it was way less
than rare and I pitched later on. For a day or two if I remember.
I don't think she was a good cook looking back on it now.

leo

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Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> When I was six or seven, we had Thanksgiving at the same cooks house. I
> had a big turkey drumstick and loved it. Unfortunately, it was way less
> than rare and I pitched later on. For a day or two if I remember.
> I don't think she was a good cook looking back on it now.

God, you're lucky you didn't die from that turkey. That could have
been *really* serious.

-L.

> In article .com>,
> "-L." > wrote:
>
>> Do you have bad food memories from childhood (or otherwise) that stick
>> out in your mind?

Oh, yeaaaah!

Five-year-old to Mom: "I want a raw oyster!"
Mom: "You really wouldn't like it."
Five-year-old: "I WANT A RAW OYSTER!"
Mom: "OK, but if you put it in your mouth you have to swallow it."

It was another 60 or so years before I tried another one.

Felice

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:14:58 -0400, "Felice Friese"
> wrote:

>Mom: "OK, but if you put it in your mouth you have to swallow it."

Um. I'll have to remember that line.

Lou

One time on Usenet, "Felice Friese" > said:
> > In article .com>,
> > "-L." > wrote:
> >
> >> Do you have bad food memories from childhood (or otherwise) that stick
> >> out in your mind?
>
> Oh, yeaaaah!
>
> Five-year-old to Mom: "I want a raw oyster!"
> Mom: "You really wouldn't like it."
> Five-year-old: "I WANT A RAW OYSTER!"
> Mom: "OK, but if you put it in your mouth you have to swallow it."
>
> It was another 60 or so years before I tried another one.

Oh Felice, you reminded me of a time when I was helping my
grandparents shuck oysters. I was also about 5, and they insisted
I eat one raw. I might not have minded so much, except for the sand.
I'm still not a fan of them raw, but managed to make $1 eating one
that way as a waitress in high school. The cooks had bet I wouldn't
do it. Love your story, btw...

--
"Little Malice" is Jani in WA
~ mom, Trollop, novice cook ~

"Little Malice" > wrote in message
...
> One time on Usenet, "Felice Friese" > said:
>> > In article .com>,
>> > "-L." > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Do you have bad food memories from childhood (or otherwise) that stick
>> >> out in your mind?
>>
>> Oh, yeaaaah!
>>
>> Five-year-old to Mom: "I want a raw oyster!"
>> Mom: "You really wouldn't like it."
>> Five-year-old: "I WANT A RAW OYSTER!"
>> Mom: "OK, but if you put it in your mouth you have to swallow it."
>>
>> It was another 60 or so years before I tried another one.
>
> Oh Felice, you reminded me of a time when I was helping my
> grandparents shuck oysters. I was also about 5, and they insisted
> I eat one raw. I might not have minded so much, except for the sand.
> I'm still not a fan of them raw, but managed to make $1 eating one
> that way as a waitress in high school. The cooks had bet I wouldn't
> do it. Love your story, btw...
> --
> "Little Malice" is Jani in WA
> ~ mom, Trollop, novice cook ~

And you know what? Now I not only eat them but get picky about them: "Let's
see, I'll have a couple of Duxburys, a few Wellfleets ... ."

Felice

Little Malice wrote:
> One time on Usenet, "Felice Friese" > said:
> > > In article .com>,
> > > "-L." > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Do you have bad food memories from childhood (or otherwise) that stick
> > >> out in your mind?
> >
> > Oh, yeaaaah!
> >
> > Five-year-old to Mom: "I want a raw oyster!"
> > Mom: "You really wouldn't like it."
> > Five-year-old: "I WANT A RAW OYSTER!"
> > Mom: "OK, but if you put it in your mouth you have to swallow it."
> >
> > It was another 60 or so years before I tried another one.
>
> Oh Felice, you reminded me of a time when I was helping my
> grandparents shuck oysters. I was also about 5, and they insisted
> I eat one raw. I might not have minded so much, except for the sand.
> I'm still not a fan of them raw, but managed to make $1 eating one
> that way as a waitress in high school. The cooks had bet I wouldn't
> do it. Love your story, btw...
>
> --
> "Little Malice" is Jani in WA
> ~ mom, Trollop, novice cook ~

OK, here's my shellfish story.

Precocious child that I was, I tried my first escargot at age 4. When I
was 5 1/2, we were visiting friends at their summer house on Long
Island Sound. I swam, sailed, played around the docks......and came up
with the brilliant idea of gathering a bucket of escargot for dinner.
So I took my sandbucket, rinsed it in the sound, and filled it to the
brim with small snails.

My mom and Aunt Jane were such good sports, they rounded up the garlic
and some butter and we feasted on Long Island Escargots for dinner that
evening.

And we all survived!

Jude wrote:

> OK, here's my shellfish story.
>
> Precocious child that I was, I tried my first escargot at age 4. When I
> was 5 1/2, we were visiting friends at their summer house on Long
> Island Sound. I swam, sailed, played around the docks......and came up
> with the brilliant idea of gathering a bucket of escargot for dinner.
> So I took my sandbucket, rinsed it in the sound, and filled it to the
> brim with small snails.
>
> My mom and Aunt Jane were such good sports, they rounded up the garlic
> and some butter and we feasted on Long Island Escargots for dinner that
> evening.
>
> And we all survived!
>

When I was a kid (before the days of water pollution and Red Tide)
we spent every summer weekend at our little beach house on Buzzard's Bay
(MA). We would often gather bucketsful of periwinkles from the rocks
and take them to someone's mother who would boil them with some red
pepper flakes. We'd sit on the seawall and fish them out of the shell
with a straightened safety pin. What a feast!

We also ate raw littleneck clams and learned to open them at an early age.

I can't look at escargot now because compared to the periwinkles they
are too big and snaky-looking.

gloria p

In article >,
"Felice Friese" > wrote:

> > In article .com>,
> > "-L." > wrote:
> >
> >> Do you have bad food memories from childhood (or otherwise) that stick
> >> out in your mind?
>
> Oh, yeaaaah!
>
> Five-year-old to Mom: "I want a raw oyster!"
> Mom: "You really wouldn't like it."
> Five-year-old: "I WANT A RAW OYSTER!"
> Mom: "OK, but if you put it in your mouth you have to swallow it."
>
> It was another 60 or so years before I tried another one.
>
> Felice

ROFLMAO!!!

I've never, EVER let a raw oyster past my lips..... ;-D

I'm 44 and intend going to my cremation a raw oyster virgin......
--
Peace, Om

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OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> In article >,
> "Felice Friese" > wrote:
>
>>> In article .com>,
>>> "-L." > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do you have bad food memories from childhood (or otherwise) that
>>>> stick out in your mind?
>>
>> Oh, yeaaaah!
>>
>> Five-year-old to Mom: "I want a raw oyster!"
>> Mom: "You really wouldn't like it."
>> Five-year-old: "I WANT A RAW OYSTER!"
>> Mom: "OK, but if you put it in your mouth you have to swallow it."
>>
>> It was another 60 or so years before I tried another one.
>>
>> Felice
>
> ROFLMAO!!!
>
> I've never, EVER let a raw oyster past my lips..... ;-D
>
> I'm 44 and intend going to my cremation a raw oyster virgin......

I used to say that, but now I prefer them raw. I like them grilled, too,
but fried is not a texture that I find appealing.

kili

In article >,
"kilikini" > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > "Felice Friese" > wrote:
> >
> >>> In article .com>,
> >>> "-L." > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Do you have bad food memories from childhood (or otherwise) that
> >>>> stick out in your mind?
> >>
> >> Oh, yeaaaah!
> >>
> >> Five-year-old to Mom: "I want a raw oyster!"
> >> Mom: "You really wouldn't like it."
> >> Five-year-old: "I WANT A RAW OYSTER!"
> >> Mom: "OK, but if you put it in your mouth you have to swallow it."
> >>
> >> It was another 60 or so years before I tried another one.
> >>
> >> Felice
> >
> > ROFLMAO!!!
> >
> > I've never, EVER let a raw oyster past my lips..... ;-D
> >
> > I'm 44 and intend going to my cremation a raw oyster virgin......
>
> I used to say that, but now I prefer them raw. I like them grilled, too,
> but fried is not a texture that I find appealing.
>
> kili

Hm, based on your testimony, I may try to overcome my gag reflex and
give them a try. ;-)

Mom always fried them with a cracker crumb breading so I generally eat
them that way, or in a mixed seafood chowder.

I do eat Sashimi, and Tartar......
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